On July 11th, I was in Dhaka, Bangladesh. That Monday morning, I spoke to and facilitated a discussion with 17 senior religious leaders: Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Christian. This was ten days after the attack on a bakery in the upscale Gulshan district of Dhaka, and the religious leaders […]

MANY FRIENDS STEPPED UP to our challenge grant which required us to raise $200,000 and by Thursday, June 30th (the end of our fiscal year) we raised $208,000! THANK YOU! Your investment is very important to us. It not only gives us much needed funds, but it also encourages and […]

A Message from Dr. David J. Frenchak’s Family Thank you all for the kind expressions of love and thoughtful support that you have shown to our family. It has been such a powerful expression of care for us. The family of Rev. Dr. David J. Frenchak will hold a Memorial […]

It is with deep sadness that we inform our SCUPE family and friends that on May 15, 2016, Dr. David J. Frenchak, president emeritus of the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE), suffered a heart attack and died instantaneously and peacefully, while at their retirement home in Florida. Dave […]

Religious leaders, and people of faith and of goodwill who gathered at the Harold Washington Public Library in Chicago, on Tuesday, April 26th, affirmed the following pledge of solidarity. Standing together with Dr. Larycia Hawkins, they committed to stand in solidarity themselves, teach their religious communities to do the same […]